Lady Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn | |
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![]() Detail of a portrait of Augusta Mostyn by
Herbert Sidney Percy (Mostyn Estates) | |
Born | Henrietta Augusta Nevill 18 June 1830 |
Died | 25 January 1912 | (aged 81)
Known for | Photography |
Spouse | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn |
Parent | |
Family |
Lady Henrietta Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn (née Nevill; 18 June 1830 – 25 January 1912) was an English philanthropist and photographer who contributed to the development of the Welsh town of Llandudno.
Augusta Nevill was born at Birling Manor near Maidstone, Kent. [1] Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke. [2] Her sisters, Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Isabel Nevill, were also photographers. [3]
On 19 July 1855, Lady Augusta Nevill married Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn. They had two sons, Llewelyn Neville Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn and Harry Richard Lloyd-Mostyn. They lived at Gloddaeth Hall.
Lady Augusta Mostyn commissioned All Saints Church, Deganwy from the architect John Douglas as a memorial to her parents. [4]
She commissioned the Mostyn Art Gallery in Llandudno, the precursor of the current Mostyn gallery, as a headquarters for the Gwynedd Ladies' Arts Society, a society that was set up by a 'Miss Clearance Whaite' (daughter of the president of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art), Lady Mostyn donated £10.10s (which was worth ~£1500 after inflation in 2019), thus making her the founder. [5] This is thought to have been the first art gallery in the world dedicated to exhibiting work by women. [6] [7]
Mostyn's work is held in the following permanent collections:
Lady Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn | |
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![]() Detail of a portrait of Augusta Mostyn by
Herbert Sidney Percy (Mostyn Estates) | |
Born | Henrietta Augusta Nevill 18 June 1830 |
Died | 25 January 1912 | (aged 81)
Known for | Photography |
Spouse | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn |
Parent | |
Family |
Lady Henrietta Augusta Lloyd-Mostyn (née Nevill; 18 June 1830 – 25 January 1912) was an English philanthropist and photographer who contributed to the development of the Welsh town of Llandudno.
Augusta Nevill was born at Birling Manor near Maidstone, Kent. [1] Her parents were William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and Caroline Leeke. [2] Her sisters, Lady Caroline Nevill and Lady Isabel Nevill, were also photographers. [3]
On 19 July 1855, Lady Augusta Nevill married Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn. They had two sons, Llewelyn Neville Vaughan Lloyd-Mostyn and Harry Richard Lloyd-Mostyn. They lived at Gloddaeth Hall.
Lady Augusta Mostyn commissioned All Saints Church, Deganwy from the architect John Douglas as a memorial to her parents. [4]
She commissioned the Mostyn Art Gallery in Llandudno, the precursor of the current Mostyn gallery, as a headquarters for the Gwynedd Ladies' Arts Society, a society that was set up by a 'Miss Clearance Whaite' (daughter of the president of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art), Lady Mostyn donated £10.10s (which was worth ~£1500 after inflation in 2019), thus making her the founder. [5] This is thought to have been the first art gallery in the world dedicated to exhibiting work by women. [6] [7]
Mostyn's work is held in the following permanent collections: